CVE-2007-0956
N/A
Published: April 6, 2007 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxKerberos 5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 30%
Description
The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.6.1
Affected range stops below 1.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt
References (30)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306
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